Broomtown vs Cedar Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Broomtown and Cedar Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

Broomtown and Cedar Bluff are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Bluff has the higher population (1,633 vs 222 in Broomtown). Since 2019, Broomtown's population has grown faster (+26.1% vs -18.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Broomtown	Cedar Bluff
Population	222	1,633
Median age	49.0 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,784
Median home value	—	$203,000
Median gross rent	—	$620
Housing units	112	1,022
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	33.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broomtown	Cedar Bluff
Population	176 → 222 (+26.1%)	1,999 → 1,633 (-18.3%)
Median household income	—	$32,000 → $48,784 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $242,900 (+6.9%)	$85,500 → $203,000 (+137.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$515 → $620 (+20.4%)

Broomtown

Population

176222

Median home value

$227,300$242,900

Cedar Bluff

Population

1,9991,633

Median household income

$32,000$48,784

Median home value

$85,500$203,000

Median gross rent

$515$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broomtown	Cedar Bluff
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	7.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	32.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	25.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	14.1%
75 and over	7.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broomtown	Cedar Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broomtown	Cedar Bluff
No high school diploma	31.1%	17.2%
High school graduate	43.9%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broomtown	Cedar Bluff
Drove alone	78.3%	83.7%
Carpooled	21.7%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broomtown	Cedar Bluff
1-unit, detached	23.2%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	76.8%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Broomtown	Cedar Bluff
Poverty rate	32.4%	25.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1996	1986